إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Your endeavors certainly follow different paths. (92:4)
First pathSecond path
Aʿṭā — gaveBakhila — withheld
Ittaqā — was mindfulIstaghna — claimed independence
Ṣaddaqa — affirmedKadhdhaba — denied
Al-yusrā — toward easeAl-ʿusrā — toward hardship
This is a structured contrast, not merely a collection of isolated antonyms. The two human patterns emerge from the parallel syntax and its relation to the opening statement about divergent striving.
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Supplementary Practice 27 — Comparative Rhetoric of Sūrat al-Shams and Sūrat al-Layl
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Your endeavors certainly follow different paths. (92:4)
First pathSecond path
Aʿṭā — gaveBakhila — withheld
Ittaqā — was mindfulIstaghna — claimed independence
Ṣaddaqa — affirmedKadhdhaba — denied
Al-yusrā — toward easeAl-ʿusrā — toward hardship
This is a structured contrast, not merely a collection of isolated antonyms. The two human patterns emerge from the parallel syntax and its relation to the opening statement about divergent striving.